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In a natural-scientific frame of mind, I share today a photograph of the microscopes of Hooke and Leeuwenhoek from the exhibition of the Darwin Museum

In a natural-scientific frame of mind, I share today a photograph of the microscopes of Hooke and Leeuwenhoek from the exhibition of the Darwin Museum. Leeuwenhoek is that same Dutch naturalist whose experiments with magnifying lenses laid the foundation of scientific microscopy. Over the course of 50 years he

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A Small Thing, but What Splendour!

A small thing, but what splendour! Sickle, hammer and ears of wheat: the stylised lamps at the entrance to the Soil and Agronomy Museum

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Before museums close again for a new quarantine, I strongly urge you to visit the exhibition “Art Hunters” at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, which brings together canvases from the collections of the most famous collectors of the Soviet Union: Semen

Before museums close again for a new quarantine, I strongly urge you to visit the exhibition “Art Hunters” at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, which brings together canvases from the collections of the most famous collectors of the Soviet Union: Semenov, Rubinstein, Stychkin, Abramyan, Valk, Dudakov, Paleev, fourteen people in

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Charon Crossing to the Kingdom of Shadows

Charon crossing to the kingdom of shadows. Second quarter of the eighteenth century. A masterpiece by the French artist Pierre Subleyras. From the collection of the Duke of Penthièvre, now in the Louvre. An interesting choice: to show the glints from the heat of the burning Phlegethon on the buttocks

Detail of a painting: a bearded old man in a violet robe, with four female figures placing a laurel branch above his head.

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Sigismondo Coccapani depicts the crowning of Michelangelo with laurel, Casa Buonarroti museum in Florence

Painting, Sculpture, Architecture and Poetry Crown Michelangelo. Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence. Work by Sigismondo Coccapani, 17th century

Round lilac allium flower heads on a wooden counter, with a bar and glasses in the background.

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The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Russia Turns 13

The coolest museum of contemporary art in Russia turns 13! Happy birthday, beloved Garage!

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Baron Karl von Drais built the first two-wheeled vehicle without pedals in 1817

On 12 June 1817 the German inventor Baron Karl von Drais created the first bicycle, or rather a self-propelled two-wheeled carriage. It looked almost exactly like this specimen of 1820, made of cherry and walnut, from the Kurpfalz Museum in Heidelberg, and weighed about 20 kg. Yes, the

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Museum train on the Great Patriotic War travels across Belarus from 11 to 28 June

There are flat-museums, open-air museums, museums that are natural sites, tiny little museums and, for instance, museums on wheels. One such train has set off from Russia for Belarus. It is planned to travel around the country from 11 to 28 June, and the number of potential visitors

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A Modest Cultural Programme for the Coming Weeks in Moscow

Vasily Polenov, Ilya Repin, Isaac Levitan, Kazimir Malevich, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel, Leon Bakst and Konstantin Somov, all fitting into a matchbox or a school pencil case? The Jewish Museum is showing miniature art, so rarely exhibited in the "big" museums: from sketches and studies to independent tiny

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Art historian and curator Anna Romanova recalls on her page the 2019 exhibition "From the Ant's Point of View", dedicated to Rezo Gabriadze:

"Masha Ovchinnikova and Vadim Ginzburg suggested that I take on an exhibition of Rezo Gabriadze and four Moscow women artists with whom Rezo had enjoyed a friendship of many years. Much in Rezo's life was tied to Moscow. He staged plays here (for a time he even

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At Garage, Natalia Turnova's Egg and Stone Have Been Installed, and They Can Be Viewed for Free, Since They Are Displayed in the Museum Foyer

At Garage, Natalia Turnova's Egg and Stone have been installed, and they can be viewed for free, since they are displayed in the museum foyer. The idols will last until 22 August and will most likely be destroyed, which is a pity, as I would gladly have installed

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Dürer engravings from the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo at the Historical Museum until 28 June

The Standard-Bearer, The Monstrous Sow, Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, The Virgin with the Pear, Saint Jerome in His Study. The exhibition of Dürer's engravings at the State Historical Museum makes a very powerful impression. And, incidentally, unlike many critics, I have no quarrel with the